Copyholder



Aug. 23, 1927.

' W. H. GLEESON COPYHOLDER Filed Sept. 10, 1924 In l/en tor.

Jttornegah J Patented Aug. 23, 1 927.

UNITED STATES WILLIAM H. GLEESON, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

COPYHOLDER.

Application filed September 10, 1924. Serial No. 736,882.

This invention relates to copy-holders, and particularly to acopy-holder adapted to be mounted on a typewriter support rearwardly ofthe typewriter thereon, and having an upwardly and forwardly extendingcopyholding portion adapted in its forward position to support a copyover the typewriter roll, and in its rearward position to be entirelyfree from any interference with the typewriter. The object of myinvention s to provide an improved copy-holder of this type which willin one position hold a copy directly in front of the operator, and inanother position will be removed from and entirely free frominterference with the typewriter.

In the accompanying drawing I have illustrated one specific embodimentof my invention, but it will be understood that the invention can bemodified within the scope of the appended claims without departing fromthe spirit thereof.

Referring to the figures of the drawing,

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of my improved copy-holder.

Fig. 2 is a front view thereof.

Fig 3 is an enlarged end view of the copyholding roll, taken on line 33of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view thereof, taken on line 41- 1 of Fig.2'.

Referring more specifically to the drawing by reference characters, 1indlcates a support on which is mounted a typewriter 2 with which myimproved copy-holder-is adapted to cooperate. This copy-holder com- Iprises broadly three main elements, namely, a base 3, an upwardly andforwardly extending arm 4;, and a copy-holding roll 5 at the free end ofthe arm. The arm is pivotally supported in a pair of uprights 6 at eachend of the base 3, the pivot-receiving slots of the uprights being openwhereby the arm can be freely lifted therefrom'when desired. The arm isadapted to pivot to two positions, as indicated in Fig. 1. The arm is sobalanced that gravity pulls the same rearwardly when in the dotted lineposition (F ig. l) and forwardly when in the full line position, a pairof lugs '7 being adapted LO hold the arm in either of these positions.

. The copy-holder proper includes a main roll 5 mounted on the free endof the arm 4. This roll is rotatably mounted on a shaft 8 having itsends extending through slots 9 in the end walls 10 of the holder. Theends of the shaft are supported in elements 11 pivoted to the end walls10 at 12.. The roll can be rotated ,by knobs 13 on the ends of theshaft. A pair of rolls 14, rotatably mounted on a rod 15 supported inthe end walls 10 and by the center hearing shown in Fig. 1, extendthrough slots in a guard 16 and contact with the roll 5. Springs 17normally hold the roll 5 in contact with the rolls 14.

The walls 10 are each provided with a cam portion 18 over which extendsa bar 19 having the ends thereof bent downwardly at rig-ht angles andconnected to the ends of the shaft 8. Should it be desired to insert aparticularly heavy copy in the holder, the roll 5 can be drawn away fromthe rolls 14 by moving the bar 19up the cams 18. A spring-pressed roll20 isprovided on the bar for contacting with the copy on the roll 5.

The construction and use of my improved copy-holder is believed to beobvious. The supporting base 3 is positioned to the rear of thetypewriter and entirely out of the way of the operator. In the forwardposition of the arm 4, the copy-holding roll 5 is positioned over thetypewriter roll directly in front of the operator, and in its rearwardposition the holder'is removed from and entirely free from anyinterference with the typewriter. ,The arm is preferably made of ratherheavy material which, in conjunction with its loose connection with thebase 1, provides a steady copy-holding support free from vibration. Thearm can be freely lifted from the base when it is desired to close thedesk to house the typewriter.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is e I 1. A copy-holder comprising the combination of abase adapted to be mounted on a typewriter support rearwardly of thetypewriter thereon, an upwardly and forwardly extending relatively heavyarm pivotally mounteld on the base, a copy-holding roll mounted on theforwardly extending portion of the arm, means for rotating the roll tomove a copy held thereby, the arm extending about the rear and top ofthe typewriter in the forward position thereof and being positionedrearwardly away there from in the rearward position thereof, and a stopfor limiting the forward movement of the arm, the arm being held in theforward positiolr against the stop by its own Weight. I

2. A copy holder comprising the combination of a base adapted to bemounted on a typewriter support rearwardly of the typewriter thereon, anupwardly and forwardly extending relatively heavy arm mounted on thebase for pivotal movementon a horizontal axis to forward and rearwardpositions, copy holding means at the free end of the arm, the copyholding means being positioned above the typewriter in the forwardposition of the arm and rearwardly thereof in the rearward position ofthe arm, and a pair of stops respectively limiting the for-- ward andrearward movements of the arm, the in being held in both these positionsagainst the respective stops by the weight of the arm,

3. A copy holder comprising the combination of base adapted to bemounted on a typewriter support rearwardly of the typewriter thereon andincluding a pair of spaced uprights having open pivot receiving slotstherein, an upwardly and forwardly extending relatively heavy arm havinga pair of supporting pivots adapted to rest in the slots,-th-e armsbeing movable on the pivots to forward and rearward positions, copyholding means at the free end of the arm, the copy holding means beingpositioned above the typewriter roll in one position of the roll and tothe rear thereof in the other position of the arm, and stop means forlimiting the forward and rearward movement of the arm, the arm and itspivots being freely removable from the said base through the said openslots.

4. A copy holder comprising the combination of a main roll adapted tosupport a copy thereon, means for rotating the roll to move the copy, aroll cooperating with the main roll to support the copy therebetween,

spring means for holding the main ro-ll against the other roll, cammeans, and a yoke pivotally secured to the main roll and passing overthe cam means whereby the main roll can. be adjusted bodily away fromthe other roll against the action of the spring means by moving the yokeup the cam means. i i

5. A copy holder for a typewriter comprisin an arm. disposed in asubstantially vertical position rearwardly of the typewriter, a pivotalIUD-tinting for said arm whereby itmay swing in a vertical planeforwardly and rearwardly relative to "tntypewriter, the pivotal point ofthe arm being closely adjacent to the support upon which the typewriteris mounted, copy holding means at the termination of the upper end ofthe arm, said arm being curved to extend its upper end forwardly so thatthe copy holder will be arranged over and just above the typewriter whenthe arm is in. a forward position, stop means for-limiting the forwardand rearward moven'ient of the arm, said stop means being so disposedrelative to the pivotal point of the arm so that the greater portion ofthe weight of the arm will be disposed forwardly of the pivotal pointwhen the. arm is in a forward position and rearwardly of the pivotalpoint when the arm is in a rearward position whereby the arm willnormally remain stationary in either position due to the disposition ofits weight relative to the pivotal point.

WILLIAM H. GLEESON.

